Schlangen

Schlangen
Schlangen
	Village place in central Schlangen with the municipal office and police station
	Coat of arms
	Location of Schlangen within Lippe district
	Schlangen Schlangen
	Coordinates: 51°49′00″N08°49′59″E / 51.81667°N 8.83306°E Coordinates: 51°49′00″N08°49′59″E / 51.81667°N 8.83306°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Lippe
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Marcus Püster (CDU)
Area
• Total	75.97 km2 (29.33 sq mi)
Elevation	169 m (554 ft)
Population (2020-12-31)
• Total	9,254
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	33189
Dialling codes	05252
Vehicle registration	LIP
Website	www.schlangen-online.de

Last updated July 24, 2021

Schlangen is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Schlangen has about 9.000 inhabitants (2013) and enjoys relative prosperity. Located a few kilometers away from Detmold, the municipality stretches from the edge of the sandy Sea ^{[ clarification needed ]} to the mountain course of the Teutoburger forest southern slope.

Politics

The town council of Schlangen consists of 26 members:

Parties and voter communities		% 2014	seats 2014
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	36,68	10
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	43,80	11
FDP	Free Democratic Party (Germany)	7,14	2
GRÜNE	Alliance '90/The Greens	12,38	3
Total		100,0	26
Poll in %		63,1

(conditions: Local election 2014)

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Schlangen:^[3]

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References

↑ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2020" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW . Retrieved 21 June 2021.
↑ "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Finnish). City of Viitasaari. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

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[1] Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.

[2] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2020" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW . Retrieved 21 June 2021.

[3] "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Finnish). City of Viitasaari. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

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